Play
How the Other Half Loves
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Details
Union:
Union
Area of media:
Play
Network:
Paid?:
Yes
Rates:
CTA Category D
Deadline:
Dec 20, 2024
Auditions:
in Toronto
Cities for response:
Halifax
Storyline
Britain’s brilliant comic genius, Sir Alan Ayckbourn serves us a fast-paced and hilariously funny theatrical meal. This classic modern comedy is a portrait of three very different marriages that turns into a spirited game of mixed doubles involving sex, jealousy and ingenious stagecraft. Full of clever, razor-sharp dialogue and impeccable split-second timing and twists, HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES promises to leave you in stitches.

There are three couples in this play, the men all working for the same firm. One of the younger men is having an affair with the wife of the oldest, and when each returns home suspiciously late one night or early one morning they invent a story about having to spend some time smoothing domestic matters in the home of the third couple. Both living rooms are shown in the single set, and both share a common dining room which takes on a character of its own as it serves two dinners simultaneously on two different nights. Of course, the third couple have to show up to put the fat in the fire, but that complication only adds to the fun of this famous farce.
Roles
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadFrank FosterMale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. He owns the company for which the three men work and is at times vague to the world around him but a benevolent employer who takes care over the welfare of his staff.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadFiona FosterFemale 40 - 60 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. Frank's wife. An elegant woman who does not work and fills her time with charity work, as a ‘lady who lunches’ and as is revealed early in the play, having an affair with Bob.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadBob PhillipsMale 30 - 45 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. One of the boys who likes his drink and is totally selfish in his outlook to life and enjoys his affair with Fiona which may well be one of many. His relationship with Teresa is stormy.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadTeresa PhillipsFemale 30 - 45 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. Bob’s wife, an untidy, rather intense, tired looking woman with lots of priorities, one of which is not housework. Her relationship with Bob is stormy.
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadWilliam FeatherstoneMale 30 - 45 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. The junior of the three in the company being groomed by Frank for promotion and wants to make a good impression on everyone else to promote himself in the company. As such he is over tolerant and lets a lot of mistreatment pass until he thinks that Bob is having an affair with Mary when ‘the worm turns’
Role typeRoleGender & Age range
LeadMary FeatherstoneFemale 30 - 45 Years old
Description
RP accent. Comedic. Very nervous wife who is conscious of her husband’s aspirations and is doing what she can to support him in very challenging circumstances.